MÂCON-VILLAGES 2023

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2017   2022   2023  

Grapes for this regional appellation from the Mâconnais are harvested in 43 communes within the delimited area of the Mâcon-Villages appellation which covers a surface area of 1 884,65 hectares.

The terroir in the Mâconnais is quite different than that of Burgundy’s northern regions. Here it is clay, silica or granite-based. It is particularly because of these differences in terroir that the wines made from the Chardonnay grapes harvested in this region have a mineral freshness about them that is a delight for those who like a change from the warmer more honeyed flavoured white wines of the Côte d’Or just north of the Mâconnais.

100% Chardonnay

COLOUR: Pale gold with green highlights, brilliant and limpid.
NOSE: Floral and fruity aromas, with hints of lemon, mint and honeysuckle. Exotic and spicy aromas.
PALATE: Balanced, with herbaceous and floral overtones. This wine is light, charming and fresh. It seduces with its spontaneity and tenderness.

The grapes are pressed gently and slowly in pneumatic presses, then the must is settled at low temperature. Fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled vats to preserve the freshness and natural fruitiness of the grapes.
The wine undergoes alcoholic fermentation, malolactic fermentation and ageing for 6 to 8 months on fine lees in stainless steel vats.

Mâcon-Villages may be served with mixed salads, sushis, poultry and veal in cream sauce, creamy risotto with meat, poultry or fish and goat cheeses.

10 to 12°C

Its freshness is best appreciated in its youth, and it can be kept for 3 to 4 years.

The 2023 vintage has been disrupted by a capricious wather all along the year. Despite a warm winter, an unstable spring, and a summer marked by heat pics, cool weather and stormy showers, this vintage offered Burgundy an abundant and gourmet harvest as well as fruity and expressive wines.